Covid-19: UAE stays on UK’s red list

Covid-19: UAE stays on UK’s red list

The UAE continues to remain on the UK's red list of countries after a travel review by the government. This means that only UK and Irish nationals as well as those UAE residents who have UK residency can travel to the European country directly - but they will have to quarantine in a hotel on arrival. "If you have been in a country or territory on the red list in the last 10 days you will only be allowed to enter the UK if you are a British or Irish National, or you have residence rights in the UK," according to the UK government's website. But they can, alternatively, opt to holiday in an amber or green country for 11 days before they travel to the UK. Moreover, travellers returning to England from the Spanish islands of Ibiza, Mallorca and Menorca will have to quarantine at home unless they have had two Covid vaccine shots, following a change in policy that could spell bad news for young holidaymakers. Britain has one of the fastest vaccination programmes in the world but so far the government has effectively prevented travel to most countries through quarantine and testing rules. It has introduced a